Module: Random::Hash

Defined in:
lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#rand_key ⇒ Object

Returns a random key.

{:one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3}.pick_key  #=> :three


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 224

def rand_key
  keys.at(Random.number(keys.size))
end

#rand_key! ⇒ Object Also known as: pick_key

Delete a random key-value pair, returning the key.

a = {:one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3}
a.pick_key!  #=> :two
a            #=> {:one => 1, :three => 3}


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 234

def rand_key!
  k,v = rand_pair
  delete(k)
  return k
end

#rand_pair ⇒ Object

Returns a random key-value pair.

{:one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3}.pick  #=> [:one, 1]


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 246

def rand_pair
  k = rand_key
  return k, fetch(k)
end

#rand_pair! ⇒ Object Also known as: pick_pair

Deletes a random key-value pair and returns that pair.

a = {:one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3}
a.rand_pair!  #=> [:two, 2]
a             #=> {:one => 1, :three => 3}


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 257

def rand_pair!
  k,v = rand_pair
  delete( k )
  return k,v
end

#rand_value ⇒ Object Also known as: at_rand

Returns a random hash value.

{:one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3}.rand_value  #=> 2
{:one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3}.rand_value  #=> 1


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 270

def rand_value
  fetch(rand_key)
end

#rand_value! ⇒ Object Also known as: pick, at_rand!

Deletes a random key-value pair and returns the value.

a = {:one => 1, :two => 2, :three => 3}
a.at_rand!  #=> 2
a           #=> {:one => 1, :three => 3}


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 280

def rand_value!
  k,v = rand_pair
  delete( k )
  return v
end

#shuffle ⇒ Object

Returns a copy of the hash with values arranged in new random order.

h = {:a=>1, :b=>2, :c=>3}
h.shuffle_hash  #=> {:b=>2, :c=>1, :a>3}


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 297

def shuffle
  ::Hash.zipnew( keys.sort_by{Random.number}, values.sort_by{Random.number} )
end

#shuffle! ⇒ Object

Destructive shuffle_hash. Arrange the values in a new random order.

h = {:a => 1, :b => 2, :c => 3}
h.shuffle_hash!
h  #=> {:b=>2, :c=>1, :a=>3}


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# File 'lib/gems/facets-2.4.5/lib/more/facets/random.rb', line 308

def shuffle!
  self.replace(shuffle)
end